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Should Texas Roll Back Or Roll Forward With Senate Bill 2? It’s A Taxing Question

As property tax levies increased and the state began to base more aid to school districts on property values, centralized…

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San Marcos Local Pushes For Loophole In Sexual Harassment In The Workplace To Be Resolved

  “I was shocked because it seemed so farfetched to me that in 2015 small businesses (which are the foundation…

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Texas State Government And Long-Term Obligations: The Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan

Prior to the 2017 legislative session, Hegar sent a letter to lawmakers outlining some of these obligations which, if left…

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San Marcos City Council Holding Special Meeting On The HUD Disaster/Flooding Relief Funds

Where Is The HUD Disaster Flood Money Going? The San Marcos City Council will be receiving a presentation and update…

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Monday: San Marcos City Council Holding Budget Workshop, Appointing Municipal Court Judge

According to the current fiscal year budget, sales tax revenue makes up 45.70 percent of the San Marcos yearly general…

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Hays CISD Sending Out Bids On New ES 14 & HS 3 Before The Passage Of The Bond

In order to open HS #3 for the 2019-20 school year, the design process began before the passage of the…

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Analysis: Is This Texas State Budget Trick Constitutional?

The Texas Senate is proposing a new accounting trick to balance its 2018-19 budget. The contrivance would work, mathematically speaking,…

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Texas Economy Adds 6,700 Jobs In February

AUSTIN — The Texas economy expanded in February with the addition of 6,700 seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs. Texas’ seasonally adjusted…

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Texas State Government And Long-Term Obligations Part Two – State Employee Pension Funding

When a pension plan’s obligations exceed its assets, it is considered to have an unfunded liability. Unfunded pension liabilities have become…

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Texas State Government Faces Significant, Long-Term Financial Challenges

These obligations differ in size, scope and urgency, but the potential consequences are similar: the longer the state waits to…

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